Odo I, Count of Orléans
Odo I (French: Eudes; also Hodo, Uodo, or Udo in contemporary Latin; died 25 May 834) was the Count of Orléans (comes Aurelianensium) following the final deposition of Matfrid until his own deposition a few years later.
Odo I | |
|---|---|
| Count of Orléans | |
| Died | 25 May 834 |
| Noble family | Udalriching |
| Spouse(s) | Engeltrude de Fézensac |
| Issue | Ermentrude, Queen of West Francia |
| Father | Adrian, Count of Orléans |
| Mother | Waldrada (possibly) |
He belonged to the Udalriching family and was a son of Adrian,[1] who had also held the county of Orléans, and possibly of Waldrada, a Nibelungid. In 811, as count (comes), according to the Annales Fuldenses, he signed a peace treaty with the Vikings.
According to the Vita Hludowici, in 827, he was named to replace the deposed Matfrid in Orléans. Odo, along with Heribert, a relative, possibly his cousin, were exiled in April 830 by Lothair I and Orléans confiscated. Matfrid was reinstated.
In 834, while fighting Matfrid and Lambert I of Nantes, partisans of Lothair, Odo was killed as were his brothers William, Guy of Maine, and Theodo, abbot of Saint Martin of Tours.[lower-alpha 1]
Odo's wife was Engeltrude de Fézensac.[3] Their eldest daughter, Ermentrude, married Charles the Bald of West Francia.[4] He left a son William who was executed by his own brother-in-law in 866.
Notes
- This translation mentions Odo's and Theodo's deaths on pages 47-48.[2]
References
- Le Jan 2003, p. 213.
- Nithard 2022, p. 47-48.
- Jackman 2015, p. 37.
- McKitterick 2018, p. 181.
Sources
- Jackman, Donald C. (2015). Three Bernards Sent South to Govern II: Counties of the Guilhemid Consanguinity. Editions Enlaplage.
- Le Jan, Régine (2003). Famille et pouvoir dans le monde franc (VIIe-Xe siècle) (in French). Publications de la Sorbonne.
- McKitterick, Rosamond (2018). The Frankish Kingdoms Under the Carolingians 751-987. Routledge.
- Nithard (2022). Conti, Maro (ed.). Histories. Translated by Conti, Marco. Peeters.